Research about equity through Musical Engagement with People with Dementia

Paper voor het Pop en Jazz Platform 2017 van de European Association of Conservatoires AEC, London, 18-2-2017

Presentatie op uitnodiging ‘Audience and Performer Relations - On Musicians and Audiences’ tijdens het Pop and Jazz Platform 2017van de European Association of Conservatoires AEC, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK, 18/2/2017

This essay addresses the relationship of improvisation and identity. Biographical research that was conducted by the author into professional musicians’ lifelong learning showed the huge importance of improvisation for personal expression. Musically, the concept of sound appeared to serve as a strong …

Three ideas are central to this booklet. First, the teaching/learning process is seen as a multi-modal form of teaching/learning. A form of learning that is distributed over the entire body: a living process that requires a bodily attentiveness and dynamical attunement of both teacher and pupil. Second, …

Building on burgeoning research in the field of arts and health, this article explores the role that learning musical instruments can play in enhancing wellbeing in older adulthood. Despite an increasing focus on the role of learning in supporting mental wellbeing, there is strikingly little research …

What’s up in town this week? Which live music is available for the inhabitants of the city of Groningen/Utrecht in two ‘ordinary’ weeks?

Today community engagement through music is becoming more and more widespread in many countries and this creates important new professional opportunities and challenges for musicians. Often this type of work is part of a portfolio career, combined with for instance a part time job in an orchestra or …

Het ministerie van OCW streeft naar een evenredige vertegenwoordiging van maatschappelijke groepen. Via beleid wil men de onderwijsachterstand uit deze doelgroep, allochtone leerlingen, opheffen. Men wil via het onderwijs bijdragen aan het doorbreken van culturele barrières tussen bevolkingsgroepen in …